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Looking for contrails on the sky over Warsaw

Organization(s):Benito Juarez Primary School No. 85 in Warsaw
Country:Poland
Student(s):Irena Obrębska, Aneta Chołodzińska, Margaret Mościcka
Grade Level:Upper Primary (grades 3-5, ages 8-11)
GLOBE Teacher:Beata Krysiak
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Report Type(s):International Virtual Science Symposium Report
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Presentation Poster: View Document
Optional Badges:I am a Collaborator, I make an Impact
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Date Submitted:01/17/2017
Warsaw Sky Contrails
All information gained help us to be more aware of the important environmental risk caused by contrails. And that was not only important for us – study of the environment is very important because it helps to invent some ecoalternatives for technologies causing the biggest pollution. On the basis of our research, we could implement further activities that could lead to further daily observation of the clouds. We could compare the monthly average temperatures to see how the year temperature and clouds were changing.


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GLOBE Scientist (inactive)
6 Years Ago
It looks like contrails were most common with Cirrus clouds, or no clouds. Was one specific cloud type observed more often than the others at your research spots?
-Christina Kalb
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Sarah McCrea
6 Years Ago - Edited
Thank you for your research and report, it was very clear and understandable, nice work! I had a few questions:
1) Your conclusion mentions the "environmental risk of contrails". Did you observe/measure the risk tied to the contrail your observed? There are many different small particles/aerosols in our air, some are man-made (car or factory smoke) some are natural (volcanic ash), and all affect our atmosphere, but not all are pollutants. Did you see a difference between smog, acid rain, and contrails?
2) Why do you think contrails are most evident around noon?
3) Did you observe or research what ingredients go into forming a contrail?
4) Did contrails change in shape or size when you were observing them?
Thank you!